Use the Screenshot toolbar

To view the Screenshot toolbar, press these three keys together: Shift, Command and 5. You will see onscreen controls for recording the entire screen, recording a selected portion of the screen or capturing a still image of your screen:

Screen recording, sometimes called screen capture, is a feature that allows you to record video and audio playing on your device or externally. If you want to record your screen, you don't need a special screen recorder app or audio recording software.
Unlike QuickTime Player, Screenflick is a real screen recording application for your Mac which has a wealth of features to control the recording and exporting, while being well-known as easy to use.

To record Mac screen, you can use QuickTime screen recording. But if you need to record internal audio on Mac as well, QuickTime player is not good enough as the built-in recorder can only record the audio through external speakers and built-in microphone. So that is how you can record both screen and audio on Mac computers. This will prove extremely handy to people who make screen recording videos for YouTube and other such video sharing platforms, especially people who record videos of gameplay, and would like to record the sounds in the game along with the screen recording, so that the viewer.

At this point, you will hear no sound from any of your Mac’s applications, but don’t worry. Go to the QuickTime Player application; choose File/New Screen Recording. Choose if you want to record all your screen, or a portion of your screen (highlighted in red below), then click on the Record button. Click on the Options menu.

Record the entire screen

Click in the onscreen controls. Your pointer will change to a camera .
Click any screen to start recording that screen or click Record in the onscreen controls.
To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save or take other actions.

Record a selected portion of the screen

Click in the onscreen controls.
Drag to select an area of the screen to record. To move the entire selection, drag from within the selection.
To start recording, click Record in the onscreen controls.
To stop recording, click in the menu bar. Or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
Use the thumbnail to trim, share, save or take other actions.

Trim, share and save

After you stop recording, a thumbnail of the video appears briefly in the lower-right corner of your screen.

Take no action or swipe the thumbnail to the right and the recording will be saved automatically.
Click the thumbnail to open the recording. You can then click to trim the recording or click to share it.
Drag the thumbnail to move the recording to another location, such as to a document, an email, a Finder window or the Bin.
Control-click the thumbnail for more options. For example, you can change where your recordings are saved to, open the recording in an app or delete the recording without saving it.

Change the settings

Click Options in the onscreen controls to change these settings:

Save to: Choose where your recordings are automatically saved to, such as Desktop, Documents or Clipboard.
Timer: Choose when to start recording – immediately, 5 seconds or 10 seconds after you've click to record.
Microphone: To record your voice or other audio along with your recording, choose a microphone.
Show Floating Thumbnail: Choose whether to show the thumbnail.
Remember Last Selection: Choose whether to default to the selections you made the last time you used this tool.
Show Mouse Clicks: Choose whether to show a black circle around your pointer when you click in the recording.

Use QuickTime Player

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Open QuickTime Player from your Applications folder, then choose File > New Screen Recording from the menu bar. You will then see either the onscreen controls described above or the Screen Recording window described below.
Before starting your recording, you can click the arrow next to to change the recording settings:
- To record your voice or other audio with the screen recording, choose a microphone. To monitor that audio during recording, adjust the volume slider. If you get audio feedback, lower the volume or use headphones with a microphone.
- To see a black circle around your pointer when you click, choose Show Mouse Clicks in Recording.
To start recording, click and then take one of these actions:
- Click anywhere on the screen to start recording the entire screen.
- Or drag to select an area to record, then click Start Recording within that area.
To stop recording, click in the menu bar or press Command-Control-Esc (Escape).
After you've stopped recording, QuickTime Player opens the recording automatically. You can now play, edit or share the recording.

Learn more

Screen Recording Mac Settings

The Screenshot toolbar is available in macOS Mojave or later.
When your recording is saved automatically, your Mac uses the name 'Screen Recording date at time.mov”.
To cancel making a recording, press the Esc key before clicking to record.
You can open screen recordings with QuickTime Player, iMovie and other apps that can edit or view videos.
Some apps may not let you record their windows.
Find out how to record the screen on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

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